CHRONIC DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS

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  • Patchrin PEKANAN Department of Radiology, Ramathibodi Hospital

Abstract

Histoplasmosis is a disease of varied clinical and roentgenographic manifestations caused by the dimorphic fungi Histoplasma capsulatum and its variant H. duboisii. The former is much the more important organism of the two and exists in its mycelial form as a saprophyte in soil, and as an oval, 2-to 5-um yeast form in infected animals and humans (1).
A simple classification of histoplasmosis is shown in the table 1.
A case of chronic disseminated histoplasmosis was presented and was considered rare in Thailand.

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2023-03-30

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PEKANAN P. CHRONIC DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 11];1(3):83-5. Available from: https://www.asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/270

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